The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-24
WEDNESDAYS WEDDING.
A Brilliant Affair Which was Sol.
emnized This Morning.
Many Distinguished Guests Wit
nesses-The List of Pres
ents Large.

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o'clock at the Broadway Presbyterian
church. The contracting parties
we're Miss Sue NJ. Evans, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs E. G. Evans, and Mr..
w. P. Woods.
Miss Evans has resided in this city
since her earliest childhood, and is
well-known, not emily throughout
central Missouri, but the entire state.
She is q beautiful girl with nut
brown hair and dark blue eyes and
has a large circle of friends. Mr..
Woods is a young and handsome
man, son of Mr.. w. s. Woods ofSt.
Louis, but late of this city, where he
occupies a responsible position in the
M. K. & T. Offices. He is genial and
very popular with his associates.
The church in honor of the nuptial
occasion was BEAUTIFULLY decorated by
the ladies of the church with flowers
and floral designs. The alter
proper, was banked with potted foliage
and other plants. mingled with bloom
ing roses and geraniums. The altar
chair was framed In roses and ever
green, while festoons of the same were
draped from the altar windows. At
either side of the altar were stands of
ferns and moses, set with flowers, and
in front of the altar was a magnificent
arch composed of smilax, Catharine,
Mermer and Nephitos roses. Above
the arch was bell of syringa blossoms,
and below this a horseshoe made of
Nephitos roses and bridal veil blooms.
At either side of the chancel rail were
gates made of Nephitos and Mermet
roses, set in frame work of living
green. The pillars were made
of evergreen and crown
ed with great white peonies.
The bridal party entered the church
at the entrance fronting on Broadway
and went forward tn the altar in the
following order. The groom and his
"best man." Mr.. G. C.. Evans
brother of the bride walked slowly
down the west aisle and were followed
by Mr.. Charles Richardson and Mr..
II. M. Scott; the bride and her
"maid of honor" Miss Charlotte Char
less Woods of st. Louis, sister of the
groom, walked down the east aisle,
followed by the ushers Mr.. Thomas
Kehoe and Mr.. Ernest w. Lamy.
The groom was preceded by a pretty
little blonde flower girl, Miss Mary
Thompson, beautifully attired in a
lace freck over pale blue satin,
the neck low and edged with
shells of pale blue velvet, blue sash
and carrying violets and Marchal Mel
roses. The bride was preceded by q
pretty little brunette flower girl, Miss
Margaret jackson, in a frock of
white lace over scarlet satin with low
neck, edged with shells of scarlet vel
vet, scarlet sash and carrying a basket
filled with Jacqueminot roses. The
wedding march from Taunhauser was
performed by Miss Sallie Potter in a
very beautiful manner, she also fur
nishing low music during the cere-
mony. At the altar the groom re-
ceived his bride and taking their
places on a large scarlet Turkish rug,
beneath the bridal arch,
with the "nsid of honor" on
the left and the "best man" on the
right, the ceremony was performed
by Rev. DIR. James Edmonson in a
most beautiful and impressive man
ner, from the Liturgy of the Reformed
church in America, beginning:
eve are assembled in the sight of
God to join together this man and
this woman in the bonds of matrimo-
ny, which as an honorable estate, In
stituted of God in the time of mans
ministry, and confirmed by the teach
ing of our blessed Savior, and COM
pared by St. Paul to the mystical un-
ion which subsists between Christ and
His church"
After the ceremony proper an elo-
quent prayer was offered and the
questions and responses followed.
The bride wore street dress of fawn
colerea camels hair, with petticoat
and panels of fawn and wood tinted
velvet, the tablier and drsperies were
shawl shaped, the vest of the velvet
held in place with straps of the camels
hair. The wrap was lined with scar
let satin, with a hood similarly lined,
and the small capote was of Dsnstable
braid, faced and trimmed with scarlet,
The ornaments were diamonds, and
the corsage boquet of American
Marchal Niels.
Miss Woods wore a handsome
dress of cadet blue gros grain, with
petticoat and vest Of old gold and ca
Diet blue brocade velvet, hat to match,
ornaments of diamonds and corsape